| Last Action | 03/12/19: recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to fire protection and making an appropriation therefor. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statement | Local Mandate |
| Bill Request Number | 21 |
| Sponsors | R. Rothenburger, J. DuPlessis, C. Freeland, M. Hart, P. Pratt, B. Reed, J. Sims Jr, W. Thomas, B. Wheatley |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 95A.520 and 95A.540, relating to volunteer fire department mergers, to make it applicable to volunteer fire departments merging prior to the effective date of the Act; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide that for volunteer fire departments merging after the effective date of the Act, the Fire Commission shall pay to the departments the number of qualified shares of volunteer fire department aid each is entitled to for a period of 20 years after the date of the merger, upon the expiration of which the merged department receives only one share; provide contingency protocols if the merged fire department becomes unqualified; create a new section of KRS Chapter 95A to provide a contingency protocol if a new volunteer fire department is created out of the merged one during the 20 year period; create new sections of KRS Chapter 75 to allow an alternative tax rate and board structure for fire districts electing to do so; set tax rate at a maximum of $0.15 for a district, and maximum of $0.25 for a district operating the sole emergency ambulance service and make the tax subject to the recall provisions; establish a seven member board of which one is appointed by the county executive head, four are elected by persons owning property within the district, and two are firefighters of the districts elected by the firefighters of the district; set election procedures and times; amend KRS 132.023, relating to tax recall provisions, to integrate applicable fire districts, as defined in the section, within the scope of the section. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Firefighters and Fire Departments - Fire districts, board of trustees, alternative constituency Taxation - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Firefighters and Fire Departments - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Firefighters and Fire Departments - Volunteer fire departments, state aid to merging departments Local Government - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Local Government - Fire districts, board of trustees, alternative constituency Local Government - Volunteer fire departments, state aid to merging departments Local Mandate - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Special Districts - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Special Districts - Fire districts, board of trustees, alternative constituency Special Districts - Volunteer fire departments, state aid to merging departments State Agencies - Fire Commission, volunteer fire department aid relating to merging departments Taxation, Property - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Counties - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Counties - Fire districts, board of trustees, alternative constituency Counties - Volunteer fire departments, state aid to merging departments Boards and Commissions - Fire districts, alternative tax structure Local Mandate - Fire districts, alternative tax structure |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | C. Fugate |
| Summary | Add and amend KRS 95A.262 to inoculate paid and volunteer firefighters against hepatitis A in addition to hepatitis B. |
| Index Headings |
Fire Prevention - Firefighters, paid and volunteer, inoculations against hepatitis A Firefighters and Fire Departments - Firefighters, paid and volunteer, inoculations against hepatitis A Health and Medical Services - Hepatitis A inoculations, firefighters, paid and volunteer, Fire Commission, provision of Local Government - Firefighters, paid and volunteer, inoculations against hepatitis A State Agencies - Fire Commission, hepatitis A inoculations, paid and volunteer firefighters, provision of Cities - Firefighters, paid and volunteer, inoculations against hepatitis A Counties - Firefighters, paid and volunteer, inoculations against hepatitis A Public Protection - Hepatitis A inoculations, firefighters, paid and volunteer |
Last updated: 11/9/2023 3:07 PM (EST)